 | Joseph Chitty - Civil procedure - 1835 - 1032 pages
...than such denial shall th be admissible under that plea. goods, and not plaintiff's proIV. In Case. 1. In actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall operate j as a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged «n COM, only to to have been committed... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer, Charles Crompton, Sir Charles John Crompton, Roger Meeson, Henry Roscoe - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 824 pages
...guilty is, whether or not the act complained of was done. The rule of Hilary Term, 4 W. 4, is, that " in actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall operate only as a denial of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant,... | |
 | Thomas Charles Morton - Vendors and purchasers - 1836 - 526 pages
...Cur., Stancliffe v. Hardwick, 3 Dowl. PC 776, 777 ; SC 2 Cr. Mees. & R. 1, 12. The rule provides that " in actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall...inducement, and no other defence than such denial shall be admissible under such plea : all other pleas in denial shall take issue on some particular matter of... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, John Scott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 922 pages
...evidence of probable cause. By the new rule, Hilary Term, 4 Will. 4, Case, IV., 1, it is provided that " in actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall...inducement, and no other defence than such denial shall be admissible under that plea: all other pleas in denial shall take issue on some particular matter of... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas, Sir William Hodges - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 508 pages
...the allegations of the outlawry and reversal are admitted. By Reg. Hit. T. 4 Wm. 4, tit. IV., '• In actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall...defendant, and not of the facts stated in the inducement." Here the outlawry forms a part of the wrongful act, and goes to the gist of the action ; therefore,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Exchequer - Law reports, digests, etc - 1836 - 816 pages
...guilty is, whether or not the act complained of was done. The rule of Hilary Term, 4 W. 4, is, that " in actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall operate only as a denial of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant,... | |
 | William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1837 - 720 pages
...d : But by Bystatutory a late statutory rule of pleading e , it is declared that " in actions on r the case, the plea of not guilty shall operate as...inducement; and no other defence than such denial shall be admissible under that plea: all other pleas in denial shall take issue on some particular matter of... | |
 | Great Britain. Bail Court, Alfred Septimus Dowling - Civil procedure - 1837 - 856 pages
...not guilty. The words of the division, title Case, in pleadings in particular actions (a), were, " In actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall...and not of the facts stated in the inducement;" and in the instances given, "in an action of slander of the plaintiff in liis office, profession, or trade,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 886 pages
...the general issue. The 4th rule of RGHT 4 Will. 4, lays down, that " in actions on the case the pica of not guilty shall operate as a denial only of the...alleged to have been committed by the defendant;" and then one of the instances given is, that " in an action of slander of the plaintiff in his office,... | |
 | William Tidd - Civil procedure - 1837 - 942 pages
...thereof, in actions upon contracts, to a direct denial of the contract •; and in actions for wrongs, to a denial only of the breach of duty, or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant 11 ; making him plead specially in denial of any other material fact stated in the declaration, and... | |
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In actions on the case, the plea of not guilty shall operate as a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant, and not of the facts stated in the inducement... 
